Security and privacy

Human Right Council 26: The internet and human rights
Human Right Council 26: The internet and human rights 19 June 2014

“One year after the Snowden revelations, the Human Rights Council must recognise that trust in the internet is conditional on respect for the rights to freedom of expression and privacy, regardless of users’ nationality or location”, says a joint statement supported by APC and delivered today in Geneva.

Human Right Council 26: The internet and human rights
Human Right Council 26: The internet and human rights 19 June 2014 Article 19

“One year after the Snowden revelations, the Human Rights Council must recognise that trust in the internet is conditional on respect for the rights to freedom of expression and privacy, regardless of users’ nationality or location”, says a joint statement supported by APC and delivered today in Geneva.

Storify in #TakeBackTheNet Day 1
Storify in #TakeBackTheNet Day 1 06 June 2014 AL

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Storify in #TakeBackTheNet Day 2
Storify in #TakeBackTheNet Day 2 06 June 2014 AL

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International experts weigh in on mass surveillance on Snowden anniversary
International experts weigh in on mass surveillance on Snowden anniversary 05 June 2014

A huge international collection of experts have called on world governments to adopt the 13 International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, aimed at putting an end to the blanket surveillance of innocent persons. Here is what international experts are saying about the need to end mass surveillance:

On 6/5, 65 things we know about NSA surveillance that we didn’t know a year ago
On 6/5, 65 things we know about NSA surveillance that we didn’t know a year ago 05 June 2014 EFF

It’s been one year since the Guardian first published the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that demonstrated that the NSA was conducting dragnet surveillance on millions of innocent people.

APC attended the Freedom Online Coalition
APC attended the Freedom Online Coalition 19 May 2014 Joy Liddicoat

APC’s human rights specialist Joy Liddicoat attended the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) meeting in Tallinn, Estonia.

You do have a choice: APC organises TakeBackTheNet! event
You do have a choice: APC organises TakeBackTheNet! event 25 April 2014 APC

This 4-5 June, human rights advocates and transformative technology providers will meet in Barcelona to discuss solutions to today’s climate of internet-enabled human rights violations, at a one-of-a-kind event organised by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). One year after the Edward Snowden revelations, it is time that social change activists TakeBackTheNet! and exerci...

UN must reject mass surveillance to protect global privacy rights
UN must reject mass surveillance to protect global privacy rights 03 April 2014

In response to a consultation being undertaken by the UN in accordance with December’s General Assembly resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age, APC, together with other partner organizations, called on the UN to recognise that mass surveillance is incompatible with human rights.

Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to privacy in the digital age
Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to privacy in the digital age 02 April 2014 APC, Privacy International, Access, EFF, Article 19, Human Rights Watch and the WWW Foundation

In response to a consultation being undertaken by the UN in accordance with December’s General Assembly resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age, APC, Privacy International, Access, EFF, Article 19, Human Rights Watch and the WWW Foundation called on the United Nations to recognise that mass surveillance is incompatible with human rights. Read our submission to the Office of the ...

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